Dhaka –
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been convicted of violating Bangladesh’s labor law. Yunus’ supporters condemned this case and claimed that the legal process against Yunus was politically motivated.
“Professor Yunus and his three colleagues from Grameen Telecom were convicted under the Labor Law and sentenced to six months simple imprisonment,” Chief Prosecutor Khurshid Alam Khan was quoted as saying. AFPMonday (1/1/2024).
He added that the four were immediately granted bail pending their appeal. Yunus (83) was praised for his success in lifting millions of people out of poverty through microfinance banks.
However, he received hostility from Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Yunus was accused by Hasina of “sucking the blood” of the poor.
Hasina launched several ferocious verbal attacks against the winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus and three colleagues at Grameen Telecom, one of the companies he founded, were accused of violating labor law for failing to create a welfare for workers at the company. All four deny the charges.
“This verdict is unprecedented,” said Yunus’ lawyer, Abdullah Al Mamun.
“We didn’t get justice,” he continued.
Yunus faces more than 100 other charges for labor law violations and alleged corruption. After one of his hearings last month, he told reporters that he had not profited from the more than 50 social enterprise businesses he founded in Bangladesh.
“It’s not for my personal interest,” Yunus said.
His other lawyer, Khaja Tanvir, said the case was “baseless and false.”
“The sole purpose of this case is to harass and humiliate him in front of the world,” he said.
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2024-01-01 11:41:01
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